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• Queensland Nickel: Sacked workers at Clive Palmer's Townsville ...

  

  Queensland Nickel: Sacked workers at Clive Palmer's Townsville refinery start getting entitlements paid By David Chen and Nancy Notzon Updated May 12, 2016 14:35:08 It is finally payday for hundreds of sacked workers from Clive Palmer's nickel refinery in north Queensland, with millions of dollars owed in entitlements being paid into bank accounts.It has been two months since hundreds of workers were sacked from the Queensland Nickel refinery in Townsville, withou..

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• Brisbane News Cowboys threaten to leave Townsville

  

  All the latest local Queensland news at TEN Eyewitness News First At Five's digital home.

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• Townsville Daily Wrap Up, Thursday May 12

  

  Possess Dangerous Drugs – Railway Estate:  Police have charged two people with drug related offences after attending a residence in Third Street, Railway Estate yesterday. Police from the Townsville Tactical Crime Squad and the Townsville Break and Enter Squad attended the residence on an unrelated matter and located a quantity of cannabis, drug utensils and other drug paraphernalia. A 25-year-old man was charged with produce dangerous drugs, possession of dangerous drugs, possession of uten..

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• Airport ready to help women's rugby league

  

  RUGBY LEAGUE: Women's sport, particularly women's rugby league, is set to soar in more ways than one. The game is growing rapidly in this region and Mackay Airport has thrown its support behind it, sponsoring the sport and our representative team. National Rugby League game development officer northern Queensland Renae Kunst said it was fantastic to have the backing of such a big corporation. "It gives us such a huge boost and we're really lucky," she said. Mackay Airport general m..

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• AIA 2016 North Queensland Regional Architecture Awards

  

  The Hub on Echlin and the Laneway House were the two big winners at the 2016 North Queensland Regional Architecture Awards announced recently in Townsville. The jury also awarded Regional Commendations to the two projects. Designed by Architects North, The Hub on Echlin won the night’s top honour, the Walter and Oliver Tunbridge Award for Building of the Year as well as the Regional Project of the Year award and a Regional Commendation. Photography by Michal Beroun The jury noted: “This exempl..

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